Kathleen Madigan's show 'reasonably clean'

Comedian Kathleen Madigan said she's "the woman at the end of the bar." She tells Catholic jokes, laughs at both sides of the government, and takes pride in the fact that in 25 years, no one has ever walked out of a show.

"It's reasonably clean," she said of her show, which she will bring to Schermerhorn Symphony Center on Friday. "It's not like I'm up there dropping 100,000 F-bombs. If you are offended by Catholic jokes, you should close your ears in that part."

Madigan said she hangs her laughs on pointing out the absurd in almost every situation, including the government - but she's not leaning right or left. "I don't want to get into it," she said. "Obama has done things that are completely absurd and George Bush did things that are completely absurd. There are comedians I think are preachy and if you're passionate about it, go do something about it. Don't be a comedian. I'm not here to take a stand and change your mind. I don't think it's my job."

Madigan calls her show a "mental vacation" and said she balances the content between familiar jokes and topics people have come to expect from her DVDs and comedy specials with current material ripped from the news.

"Whatever is super popular, I try to do but I also don't want to be the person where you go, 'Well, we heard all that crap the last time,' " said Madigan, who is a regular on late-night television. "It's a very fine line to walk."

More than anything, she just wants her audience to have a good time.

Madigan will perform at Schermerhorn Symphony Center at 8 p.m. Friday. Tickets are $38.50-$49 at www.nashvillesymphony.org or by calling 615-687-6400.

- Cindy Watts, The Tennessean

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Kathleen Madigan's show 'reasonably clean'

Comedian Kathleen Madigan said she's 'the woman at the end of the bar.' She tells Catholic jokes, laughs at both sides of the government, and takes pride in the fact that in 25 years, no one has ever

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